Shloka 134

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

त्रिलोकात्मा त्रिलोकेशः शुद्धः शुद्धी रथाक्षजः अव्यक्तलक्षणो व्यक्तो व्यक्ताव्यक्तो विशांपतिः

Transliteration

trilokātmā trilokeśaḥ śuddhaḥ śuddhī rathākṣajaḥ avyaktalakṣaṇo vyakto vyaktāvyakto viśāṃpatiḥ

Translation

त्रिलोकात्मा त्रिलोकेशः शुद्धः शुद्धी रथाक्षजः। अव्यक्तलक्षणो व्यक्तो व्यक्ताव्यक्तो विशांपतिः॥

Word by Word

• त्रिलोकात्मा: the Self/inner essence of the three worlds

• त्रिलोकेशः: Lord of the three worlds

• शुद्धः: the perfectly pure one (nirdoṣa)

• शुद्धी: purifier, the one who makes (others) pure

• रथाक्षजः: firm as the chariot-axle / unshakable pivot

• अव्यक्तलक्षणः: whose characteristic is the Unmanifest (avyakta)

• व्यक्तः: the Manifest (vyakta), perceptible as form and grace

• व्यक्ताव्यक्तः: both manifest and unmanifest, transcendent yet immanent

• विशांपतिः: lord of the subjects/peoples, ruler and protector

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Sahasranama to the sages of Naimisharanya)